WEBVTT .DAN: WE START WITH A COURTAPPEARANCE BY A CENTRAL COASTDOCTOR AND NURSE ACCUSED IN ADISTURBING CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE.ACTION NEWS REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ,WAS THERE FOR TODAY'SPROCEEDINGS AND HAS TONIGHT'STOP STORY.PHIL: THE FORMER PALO ALTOMEDICAL FOUNDATION BRAINSURGEON, JAMES KOHUT, HAD A NEWATTORNEY.HE WAS JOINED IN COURT BY FORMERDOMINICAN HOPITAL NURSE, RASHELBRANDON.NEITHER ACKNOWELEDGE ONE ANOTHER.KOHUT PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO TENCOUNTS OF CHILD MOLESTATION.HIS CO DEFENDANT HAS ALREADYPLEADED NOT GUILTY TO EIGHTCOUNTS.>> ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERSSUPPORT HER FOR WHO SHEIS.PHIL: RIGHT NOW, KOHUT ANDBRANDON REMAIN IN JAIL BUT IF IFTHEY GO FREE WHILE AWAITINGTRAIL THEY COULD CONTINUE TOPRACTICE MEDICINE.REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE STATEATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE WEREPRESENT TO ARGUE TO HAVE BOTHDEFENDANTS MEDICAL LICENSESSUSPENDED.ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS THESTATE MEDICAL BOARD IS ASKINGTHE JUDGE TO DENY KOHUT'S RIGHTTO PRACTICE MEDICINE PENDING AFINAL RESOLUTION TO THE CRIMINALCASE.>> IT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE OURCASE.THE STATE REGULATES THOSE ANDHAS BEEN DILIGENT MAKING SURETHE PUBLIC REMAINS SAFE.PHIL: A DEICISON ON THOSEMOTIONS WAS RE-SCHEDULED FOR THEDEFENDENTS NEXT COURT APPEARANCEON JUNE 27.A THIRD DEFENDANT EMILY STEPHENSREMAINS IN CUSTODY IN ARIZONA.SHE IS FIGHTING EXTRADITION BACKTO CALIFORNIA HER BAIL IS SET AT ONE HUNDREDTHOUSAND DOLLARS STEPHENS IS SCHEDULED TO APPEARIN A PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA COURTON JUNE 17.

James Kohut pleaded not guilty in a Santa Cruz courtroom Friday to 10 felony charges of child sex abuse.
The neurosurgeon who performed surgeries at Dominican Hospital and Sutter surgery center for years appeared in court Friday. He is accused of sexually assaulting three children, ages 3, 5, and 9 years old.
Kohut's co-defendants, Dominican Hospital nurse Rashel Brandon and Arizona nurse Emily Stephens, are also accused of raping and sodomizing the children.
Stephens is currently locked in an Arizona jail and fighting extradition to Santa Cruz County.
Kohut and Brandon did not acknowledge each other while they were in the same courtroom Friday.
Brandon pleaded not guilty last week.
Her younger brother, Isaac Lynn, said he supports her.
"All the family members lover her, support her for who she is. We support her as a family member because that is what she needs right now from us," Lynn told KSBW.
Representatives from the State Attorney General’s Office were present in court attempting to have the doctor and nurse's medical licenses suspended.
Stephens is scheduled to appear in a Pima County, Arizona court on June 17.
If convicted, Kohut, Brandon, and Stephens are facing life prison sentences.
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —

James Kohut pleaded not guilty in a Santa Cruz courtroom Friday to 10 felony charges of child sex abuse.

The neurosurgeon who performed surgeries at Dominican Hospital and Sutter surgery center for years appeared in court Friday. He is accused of sexually assaulting three children, ages 3, 5, and 9 years old.